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Police said a woman who was found in a remote Australian mountain range after going missing for almost two weeks was "dazed and unwell" but alive after suffering a snake bite in remote wilderness. She was last seen driving a hire car in the national park on Oct. 15. "We held grave concerns for the missing woman and [are] very glad she’s been found safe and reasonably well." The Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park in Jindabyne, Australia. Police said Sjoberg was was treated by paramedics at the scene for exposure and "what is believed to be a snake bite," before being taken to Cooma District Hospital in a stable condition.
Persons: Kiki, Sjoberg, Toby Lindsay, Martin Ollman, Lindsay Organizations: New South Wales Police, Monaro Police, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Police, Australian Museum Locations: New, Kosciuszko, Jindabyne, Australia, Cooma, Sydney
Lovisa Sjoberg, 48, was spotted by rescuers as she walked along a bush trail in Kosciuszko National Park, southwest of the capital Canberra, on Sunday afternoon. New South Wales Police Superintendent Toby Lindsay said Monday she was “fortunate to be alive” after being bitten by a snake, potentially a copperhead. The northern part of Kosciuszko National Park recently reopened to visitors after an annual closure during winter. Wild horses in the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, Australia. SL/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesPlans by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to shoot brumbies from helicopters led to a failed legal bid to stop the cull this year.
Persons: Australia CNN —, , Lovisa Sjoberg, Toby Lindsay, ” Lindsay, , Mark Kostich, brumby Organizations: Australia CNN, New South Wales Police, Police, Officers, Kosciuszko National, New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, brumbies Locations: Brisbane, Australia, Kosciuszko, Canberra, New, New South Wales
Officials in New South Wales say they've authorized the shooting of wild horses from helicopters. They've been given a task of eliminating some 14,000 wild horses at a national park in four years. "Aerial shooting" would involve operatives firing on the horses from helicopters — a tactic that the local government trialed in November. AdvertisementCurrent government estimates of the national park's wild horse population sit between 12,934 and 22,546 horses, with a best gauge of around 17,400. Supporters of protecting the wild horses say the animals are part of Australia's heritage, and have decried the revival of the aerial shootings.
Persons: they've, They've, they'll, insensibility, it's, Brook Mitchell, Jan Carter, Carter Organizations: Service, Kosciuszko, New South, brumbies, Australians, Brumbies, Heritage Brumbies Locations: New South Wales, South Wales, Australia
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